Folding crib



I. W. KENNEDY.

FOLDING CRIB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.2{I92I.

1,394,625. Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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4? ATTORNEY 1. W. KENNEDY.

FOLDING CRIB.

APPLICATION FILED MAR- 2' 1921- Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

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JOHN W. KENNEDY, OF SENECA FALLS, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO KIDDIE-TOXVNPRODUCTS, INC., OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

FOLDING CRIB.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 25, 1921.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN W. KENNEDY, ofSeneca Falls, in the county of Seneca and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding Cribs; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, and to the reference-numerals markedthereon.

My present invention relates to crib beds of the folding type usuallyprovided with wheels for moving them about the nursery or bedroom andadapted to be collapsed into a substantially fiat position against thewall, the crib constituting an inclosure or pen for small children aswell as a sleeping place and it has for its object to provide a simple,cheap'and conveniently constructed crib of this nature. The improvementsare clirected in part toward the pivotal connections of the partspermitting the folding ac tion and to the means for supporting thebottom frame that carries the mattress. To

these and other ends the invention resides I in certain improvements andcombinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more fully described,the novel features being pointed out in the claims at the end of thespecification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is'a side elevation of a folding cribconstructed in accordance with and illustrating one embodiment of myinvention;

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the mattress removed;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view reduced, showing the manner in which the cribis folded, the bottom thereof being removed, and

F ig. 4 is a transverse vertical section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Similar reference numerals throughout the several views indicate thesame parts.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the crib is a rectangularscreened inclosure the screening on the four sides being indicated at 1.At the sides, the screening is carried by parallel vertical frames 2 andat the ends by similar narrower frames 3.. The side frames are pivotedtogether for parallel movement toward and from each other by links 4.There is such a link at the top and one at the bottom of each end ofeach side frame connecting it at corresponding points to thecorresponding end of the other side frame and the pivotal points thereofare indicated at 5. These links are in the plane of but above andbelowthe end frames 3. When the side frames are folded to the position ofFig. 8, the end frames have "independent movement being themselvespivoted at central points, indicated at 6, to the links 4 so that theytoo swing upon vertical axes not, however, located at their ends andassume positionsparallel with each other and with the side frames, asindicated in said figure. In this way, one end frame flattens againstone side frame and the other end frame against the other side frame,while the intermediate portions of the two side frames are close againsteach other and thus the whole device folds to a thickness not exceedingthe combined thickness of the two side frames or if the ends of the sideframes are extended too far beyond the pivots 5 to permit of this, thenthe end frames or portions of them are disposed between the side frames.The latter and the links, of course, always swing with a parallel motionand only the end frames, being pivoted centrally, swing in planesangular to. these and to each other in the-process of folding.

The crib is held extended by a bottom or mattress support 7 which mightbe an ordinary bed spring but in the present instance, is merely aslatted frame, the frame being indicated by the said reference nu-'ineral 7 and the longitudinal slats at 8. In

the present instance we prefer to support the crib upon wheels 9 neareach end of each side frame, these wheels turning on stub axles 10secured in the frames and extending therethrough so that their innerends 11 project inwardly from the inner faces of the frames and providesup orts upon which the bottom 7 rests. The atter may be readily removedfor folding purposes or tilted up against one side frame so that itrests upon only two of the axle stubs in the folded position.

.I have illustrated rather conventionally a mattress indicated at 12 butit will be understood that any known or desired form of bottom or springor mattress may be used in place of or in connection with the bottomshown.

I claim as my invention: 1. In a folding crib, the combination with apair of opposite side frames, of a pair of parallel links pivotallyconnecting each end of each side frame withthecorresponding end of theother side frame, and end frames pivoted to the respective pairs oflinks to fold therewith against the side frames.

2. In a folding crib, the combination with a pair of opposite sideframes, of a pair of parallel links pivotally connect-ingjeach; end ofeach side frame with the corresponding end of the other side frame, andend frames pivoted centrally to the centers of the respective pairs oflinks ..to fold therewith against the side frames.

3. In a. folding crib comprising side and end-frames foldable fiatwiseagainst one another, of supporting Wheels for the crib mounted uponopposite framesand haying axles projecting into the interiorof the crib,

and a'removable-bottom for the latter sup- 20 ported upon said axles.

JOHN XV. KENNEDY;

